[Bug 768422] Re: Sort mirrors by base domain name

[Robert Roth]

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Sort mirrors by base domain name

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I recently wanted to choose a closer mirror than the default
  archive.ubuntu.com.  I live in Boston, so I figured one of the local
  universities like MIT might have one.  But there was no easy way to
  quickly scroll to where an MIT entry might be.

  The entries were sorted by the very beginning of the subdomain name
  (so archive.harvard.edu went before mirror.harvard.edu).  And since
  the subdomain name each site picks is rather arbitrary, the sorting
  doesn't help much.

  It might be at least a little useful if you sorted by the base domain
  name (like harvard.edu vs mit.edu).  That way, if you knew what you
  were looking for, it would be easier to find.

  I don't think the current sorting is doing anyone any favors.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: software-properties-gtk 0.80.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Apr 21 11:50:49 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.utf8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-15 (5 days ago)

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